Biting my tongue in Art History XP
Oct. 10th, 2006 04:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
candylandOkay, time for a mini-rant. This isn't anything life or death...but it is kinda bugging me.
I'm taking Prehistoric to Medieval Art History. Why? Because I needed a class to fill space, and I was assured this was not a difficult class. *glares at the test* ANYWAY, ignoring that...our professor uses Powerpoints to go through class info. I've grown to hate Powerpoints because of it *cringes* But that's not the point of this rant.
So we're discussing ancient Egypt--for those of you who don't know, I'm a major history buff, and ancient Egypt is sort of my area of specialty. I've been fascinated by it ever since I was a kid and first saw a picture of the Great Pyramids. So I know a lot about the subject...which meant I was a bit bored during that particular PP, but I was listening in the hopes that I could learn something new.
Well, the prof brings up a slide about the goddess Isis. He tells a little bit about her, and then points to the picture on the slide and says, "That's a sculpture of Isis. She has the horns of an ox with the disc of the moon resting between them because she's a moon goddess." I looked up from the webcomic I was reading in class (because I am a diligent and devoted student--yeah, yeah, I know)...
And nearly choked. And then bit my tongue to keep from pointing out a critical flaw in his presentation by saying, "...that's not Isis. That's Hathor, goddess of love and dancing. Isis doesn't have horns, she has this little staircase thing on top of her head." Hey, this is something I'm quite passionate about! But I kept my mouth shut--hey, if it's on the test, I'll say whatever he wants. Just give me my damn points! Fortunately, it wasn't, or I might not have been able to refrain from pointing out this error as a footnote on my answer sheet.
Today, we were into ancient Greece (my second historical love, mostly spurned by an adoration of the mythology). And he started talking about some of the gods. Well, he referred to the Underworld as "Hades," and then said that Pluto was the god of Hades. *eyebrow twitches* Last time I checked, Hades was the god of Tartarus. Pluto is the ROMAN name. Mixing mythology...grrrr...
To the man's credit, however, he did have the Greek name of "Heracles" on the PP to describe the strong guy who completed the infamous labors. However, he read it out-loud as "Hercules." I wanted to headdesk. Just a little bit. And yes, I'm a total nerd for this kind of stuff. I'm even doing my paper for the class over King Tut! Should be interesting =P
Anyway, the Homecoming concert on Sunday went very well. Choir sounded pretty good (wish we'd had a little more time on the Eric Whitacre piece, but it came out all right ^^), and the band rocked it out. Between "Pilatus: The Mountain of Dragons" and "The Witch and the Saint," I'm officially a Steven Reineke fangirl. And then Mommy and Daddy took me,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ashleymouse, Little Sister, and Little Sister's new boyfriend (who none of us knew actually existed before dinner...) out to dinner. It was glorious ^_^
Hmmm...should probably think about going to sleep ^^;; *waves fist at sky* SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK! *falls over and snores*
PS. I'll get caught up on replying to LJ comments soon...I promise... ~.~;;
I'm taking Prehistoric to Medieval Art History. Why? Because I needed a class to fill space, and I was assured this was not a difficult class. *glares at the test* ANYWAY, ignoring that...our professor uses Powerpoints to go through class info. I've grown to hate Powerpoints because of it *cringes* But that's not the point of this rant.
So we're discussing ancient Egypt--for those of you who don't know, I'm a major history buff, and ancient Egypt is sort of my area of specialty. I've been fascinated by it ever since I was a kid and first saw a picture of the Great Pyramids. So I know a lot about the subject...which meant I was a bit bored during that particular PP, but I was listening in the hopes that I could learn something new.
Well, the prof brings up a slide about the goddess Isis. He tells a little bit about her, and then points to the picture on the slide and says, "That's a sculpture of Isis. She has the horns of an ox with the disc of the moon resting between them because she's a moon goddess." I looked up from the webcomic I was reading in class (because I am a diligent and devoted student--yeah, yeah, I know)...
And nearly choked. And then bit my tongue to keep from pointing out a critical flaw in his presentation by saying, "...that's not Isis. That's Hathor, goddess of love and dancing. Isis doesn't have horns, she has this little staircase thing on top of her head." Hey, this is something I'm quite passionate about! But I kept my mouth shut--hey, if it's on the test, I'll say whatever he wants. Just give me my damn points! Fortunately, it wasn't, or I might not have been able to refrain from pointing out this error as a footnote on my answer sheet.
Today, we were into ancient Greece (my second historical love, mostly spurned by an adoration of the mythology). And he started talking about some of the gods. Well, he referred to the Underworld as "Hades," and then said that Pluto was the god of Hades. *eyebrow twitches* Last time I checked, Hades was the god of Tartarus. Pluto is the ROMAN name. Mixing mythology...grrrr...
To the man's credit, however, he did have the Greek name of "Heracles" on the PP to describe the strong guy who completed the infamous labors. However, he read it out-loud as "Hercules." I wanted to headdesk. Just a little bit. And yes, I'm a total nerd for this kind of stuff. I'm even doing my paper for the class over King Tut! Should be interesting =P
Anyway, the Homecoming concert on Sunday went very well. Choir sounded pretty good (wish we'd had a little more time on the Eric Whitacre piece, but it came out all right ^^), and the band rocked it out. Between "Pilatus: The Mountain of Dragons" and "The Witch and the Saint," I'm officially a Steven Reineke fangirl. And then Mommy and Daddy took me,
ashleymouse, Little Sister, and Little Sister's new boyfriend (who none of us knew actually existed before dinner...) out to dinner. It was glorious ^_^Hmmm...should probably think about going to sleep ^^;; *waves fist at sky* SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK! *falls over and snores*
PS. I'll get caught up on replying to LJ comments soon...I promise... ~.~;;
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Date: 2006-10-10 05:06 am (UTC)I've always been fascinated by ancient Egypt too. ^^ That's one of the reasons why Yu-Gi-Oh! originally captured my interest, I think.
And yay for going out to eat! FOOOD!
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Date: 2006-10-10 05:21 am (UTC)*twitches*
I would've dropped the class by now >> you have a much better endurance then I would >>
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Date: 2006-10-10 05:37 am (UTC)If he messes up my Norse Mythology, you may have to point him out to me so I can attack ^^.
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Date: 2006-10-10 06:30 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-10-10 02:18 pm (UTC)And um...it's 9:16 AM...I went to sleep around 2:25 AM and uh...I have an essay to write that's due at 12 PM ._.;;;;
And to be honest, I would have argued the points of him saying those things because I'm just stubborn like that >.>;;; Of course, since I don't know anything about mythology, I probably wouldn't have noticed D:
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Date: 2006-10-10 06:38 pm (UTC)But oi, I can totally relate. In HS, I took a Botany course that was taught by a Biology teacher who was told at the last minute he had to teach it since the former Botany teacher was fired. Needless to say, I could have taught that class better than him.
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Date: 2006-10-12 03:09 pm (UTC)